Episode
Monsters: Cellmates
Overview
A spoiled American ends up in a South American jail for killing a kid with his car. He counts on his rich father's lawyer to get him out but a weird old political prisoner tells him he's in 'the bad cell' that no one ever leaves.
Details
- Series
- Monsters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1990-10-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Cellmates is Episode 4 in Season 3 of Monsters. It aired on 1990-10-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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